Zachary Harless

Theatre Arts Professor

Zachary Harless

Full Time Faculty

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ZACHARY HARLESS has spent the last 15 years designing and working as a technician for various professional, educational, community and cultural events around Southern California. He began his career in the arts as a dancer and continues to work with several dance companies, such as Nouveau Chamber Ballet where he has been a resident designer and stage manager for over a decade. Zach began working at Fullerton College while attending in 1999 in order to pay for his education. Throughout the years he would continue in various capacities including hourly positions, adjunct faculty, and most recently as a full time-staff member in Theater Operations. He has over a 100 large scale productions under his belt and countless diverse events. Zach also continues to work as a technician for the Brea Curtis Theater where he leads special projects and writes standard operation procedures for long running city events. Zach was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre- Technical Design and Production from Cal Poly University, Pomona. While looking for a graduate school Zach found himself taking on the role of production manager for various productions including seasons at Fullerton College and Cal Poly, Pomona. Realizing he understood the art but not the business he returned to school and was awarded a Master’s Degree in Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management. Zach’s varied background of arts and business led him to bridge the gap between the reality of business and creative ideology of the arts for various organizations in recent years.